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A new documentary about the life of the legendary TV personality Anthony Bourdain, who passed away in 2018, includes AI recreations of his voice.
Artificial Intelligence

New Anthony Bourdain Documentary Used AI to Recreate His Voice

"We can have a documentary-ethics panel about it later."

By Victor Tangermann

A new neural implant was able to decode a paralyzed man's thoughts and turn them into words written on a screen, granting him the ability to communicate.
Neuroscience and Brain

Brain-Reading Tech Turned a Paralyzed Man’s Thoughts Into Words

"This is farther than we’ve ever imagined we could go."

By Dan Robitzski

Facebook announced that is is abandoning plans to develop a brain-computer interface headset capable of turning brain signals into spoken words.
Meta

Facebook Abandons Plans for Mind-Reading Headset

Turns out developing a headset that allows people to type just by imagining the words is really hard.

By Victor Tangermann

Scientists built a nanobot swarm that can read and transmit your brain activity, allowing them to wirelessly diagnose disease or analyze neural signals.
Neuroscience and Brain

Scientists Create Injectable Swarm of Brain Reading Nanosensors

They say it could diagnose neurological disorders or allow for powerful brain-computer interfaces.

By Dan Robitzski

SpaceX constructed a Starship launch tower before completing an environemtnal assessment, so the Federal Aviation Administration might say to take it down.
Starship

The FAA May Force SpaceX to Tear Down Its Starship Launch Tower

"The company is building the tower at its own risk."

By Dan Robitzski

The world's first satellite primarily made out of wood is set to launch later this year, and it's bringing a selfie stick to mark the occasion.
Off-World

Scientists Are Officially Launching a Wooden Satellite

It's made out of plywood.

By Victor Tangermann

Regions of the Amazon rainforest are now releasing more carbon dioxide into the atmosphere than they can absorb.
Renewable Energy

The Amazon Rainforest Is Starting to Emit More Carbon Than It Absorbs

"The tipping point is here, it is now."

By Victor Tangermann

NASA's Perseverance Mars Rover has made its next big discovery: a patch of rock that "is probably exposed bedrock," according to an update.
Mars

NASA Mars Rover Found Bedrock That Looks Like Flagstones

Perseverance just hit rock bottom.

By Victor Tangermann

A 55-year-old man from a city in the southwestern province of Sichaun experienced a fever and tested positive for the H5N6 avian flu.
Developments

Man in China Hospitalized After Contracting Bird Flu

The risk of the virus spreading significantly are, fortunately, "very low."

By Victor Tangermann

The 82-foot zero emissions escort tug called "eWolf" could be a game changer in reducing carbon emissions in the maritime industry.
Science & Energy

This Fully Electric Tugboat Will Have Absolutely Massive Battery Packs

Electric tugboats could be a "game changer."

By Victor Tangermann

In a scathing Twitter thread, co-creator of popular alternative cryptocurrency Dogecoin Jackson Palmer spoke his mind on cryptocurrencies.
Cryptocurrency

The Creator of Dogecoin Says He Now Believes That All Cryptocurrency Is Horrible

It's a blistering takedown.

By Victor Tangermann

After over a month of troubleshooting, NASA engineers have finally isolated the cause of a computer glitch that shut down the Hubble Space Telescope.
NASA

NASA Says It’s Figured Out What’s Wrong With the Hubble

Finally, some good news.

By Victor Tangermann

In order to meet the industry's incredible energy demands, crypto miners are buying and setting up shop inside existing power plants.
Cryptocurrency

Crypto Miners Are Buying Up Entire Power Plants

Old power plants, factories, and warehouses are being loaded up with crypto mining rigs.

By Dan Robitzski

A Chinese team of researchers have claimed a new record in quantum computing, arguing its 66 qubit quantum computer is the most powerful in the world.
Quantum Computing

Chinese Scientists Say They Now Have the World’s Most Powerful Quantum Computer

This quantum computer solved a problem in just 70 minutes. The most powerful supercomputer would've needed "at least eight years."

By Victor Tangermann

NASA's groundbreaking Mars Helicopter has sent back some stunning color pictures it took on July 5 while flying over the Red Planet's rocky landscape.
Mars

NASA’s Mars Helicopter Sends Back Stunning Color Photos

Its record-breaking ninth flight was one "big leap."

By Victor Tangermann

Giant “Mud Volcano” Explosion Seen Near Oil Platform
Science & Energy

Giant “Mud Volcano” Explosion Seen Near Oil Platform

The video is horrifying.

By Tony Ho Tran

A team of astronauts were able to use CRISPR gene editing in space for the first time ever to study microgravity and DNA repair.
Off-World

Astronauts Use CRISPR Gene Editing in Space for First Time Ever

This can help humans travel further and further into space.

By Tony Ho Tran

Video shows a U-Haul full of fireworks catching fire and detonating everything at once during a block party in Toledo, Ohio.
Science & Energy

Watch a U-Haul Full of Fireworks Explode Spectacularly

Maybe consider not doing this.

By Dan Robitzski

50-year-old Wendell Goney from Mount Dora, Florida, shot down a police drone, the property of the local Lake County Sherriff's Office, with a rifle.
Drones

Florida Man Shoots Down Police Drone Because It Was “Harassing” Him

The drone crashed and caught fire after being hit twice.

By Victor Tangermann

NASA's Lucy spacecraft was just outfitted with a message for any future civilizations that happen to discover it in the distant future.
NASA

New NASA Spacecraft Will Carry Time Capsule for the Descendants of Humans

NASA has no plans to retrieve the Lucy spacecraft, so someone else will have to.

By Dan Robitzski